Looking for pass through

[31pointer]

I have taken almost a dozen deer with various bullets in a 6.5 sweede but none have left an exit hole. All shots have been sub 350 yds broadside type shots. All deer did the same thing and die, but there was little to no blood trail. I am wanting to find a bullet that will give me an entrance and exit hole on whitetail. What bullets should I consider? I have shot sst, eld-x

Barnes TTSX make great blood trails. Berger Hunting VLD's are great if you don't like tracking and want to watch them fall over.

 

[Shortmag11]

Any mono or bonded bullet should do the job on a whitetail. Accubonds, GMX, Barnes, hammers, Nosler partitions. The list is extensive

This is all the info you need!

 

[112Savage]

I hate to be the stick in the mud, but I have shot hammer 124's out of a creedmoor at 2900fps and didn't get an exit wound a slightly quartering mule deer at 224 yds. I have however had exit wounds on 10+ deer using the Sierra 130HPBT GameKing ranging from 45yds to 257yds. A monolithic bullet alone doesn't guarantee an exit wound. I will say that shot placement, twist/velocity etc will determine exit wounds.

6.5mm bullets that you would expect to exit but haven't for me. 160 Hornady RN, 124 Hammer, 140 Speer Gold Dot
6.5mm bullets that have always exited. 110 hammer, 130HPBT gameking, 130 gamechanger

 

[284ackley]

I have taken almost a dozen deer with various bullets in a 6.5 sweede but none have left an exit hole. All shots have been sub 350 yds broadside type shots. All deer did the same thing and die, but there was little to no blood trail. I am wanting to find a bullet that will give me an entrance and exit hole on whitetail. What bullets should I consider? I have shot sst, eld-x

Shoot a Barnes 129 TTSX or drop to 120 TTSX in your Swede to get higher velocity with the terminal performance you want. You usually drop down one bullet weight when shooting Barnes or Hammer solid coppers.

 

[bballard]

Any mono or bonded bullet should do the job on a whitetail. Accubonds, GMX, Barnes, hammers, Nosler partitions. The list is extensive

+ one on the accubonds

 

[stovepipe]

I have two swede's both 24" 8 twist barrels, I shoot 129 ablr in one and 142 ablr in the other, both these bullets kill very well and leave massive internal damage but rarely exit on a shoulder shots. I would look no farther than hammers if you want penetration and good wound channels, barnes bullets work very well for this also

 

[donkeyman]

You don't need pass through to kill a deers. If the bullet stops on the opposite end just beneath the skin that means all of the energy was transferred from that bullet into that deer. That's a good thing if you want to kill them.

 

[MZmoose]

With all due respect, SST's are a joke or the marketing is crap. I've seen several blown up. Maybe under 2400 fps they could work.

ELD-X should work going through ribs.

I believe Accubond or something like Federal Terminal Ascent.

The ELDX is just a new sleek SST with a fancy tip. They blow up just like SST. I stopped using both for big game, good bullets for coyotes

 

[backwoodsshooter]

I have taken almost a dozen deer with various bullets in a 6.5 sweede but none have left an exit hole. All shots have been sub 350 yds broadside type shots. All deer did the same thing and die, but there was little to no blood trail. I am wanting to find a bullet that will give me an entrance and exit hole on whitetail. What bullets should I consider? I have shot sst, eld-x

that's the exit hole on a 6.8SPCII with a 110gr accubond, 60 yards, roughly 26XX fps. but i've killed with a 90gr gold dot, and a 120gr SST that have had no pass through. only the accubonds

 

[BillLarson]

I have taken almost a dozen deer with various bullets in a 6.5 sweede but none have left an exit hole. All shots have been sub 350 yds broadside type shots. All deer did the same thing and die, but there was little to no blood trail. I am wanting to find a bullet that will give me an entrance and exit hole on whitetail. What bullets should I consider? I have shot sst, eld-x

I,ve had the same experience with newer rem.cor lok bullets 30-06
180 gr.rnd.nose.shot a 180# deer at 40 yds.2 bullets in the chest lung area no pass thru..
Sent bullets to rem.they said performed as designed.

 

[Shumba1]

Shot this pig at just over 100 yards with a 150 grain TTSX at 2,900 fps from my 30-06. Instant DRT. Had to drag him down the hill 100 yards to the truck. Kept saying how weird it was that we are seeing zero blood and couldn't easily find the entry wound (it was also getting dark). Skinned him out and saw a perfect shoulder shot and found a Barnes advertisement perfectly expanded bullet with all four petals peeled back under the hide on the opposite hide. Great result, but very surprised it didn't exit on a 150 lbs pig at 100 yards.

 

[jarnold37]

I have taken almost a dozen deer with various bullets in a 6.5 sweede but none have left an exit hole. All shots have been sub 350 yds broadside type shots. All deer did the same thing and die, but there was little to no blood trail. I am wanting to find a bullet that will give me an entrance and exit hole on whitetail. What bullets should I consider? I have shot sst, eld-x

Having two farms to hunt and generous bag limits, I have had the privilege to shoot many deer in the last 40 years. My interest in bullet choices and velocities has proven to me that I do not want a pass through. I want bullet to expendI its energy in the deer. I have a lathe which allows me to experiment with different calibers and chamberings. From 25 caliber to 338 caliber, sectional density is very relative to pass through and deer running like not even hit. In 25 caliber using 120 grain, if not a direct shoulder shot, deer would have 25 caliber hole in and 25 caliber out, and would almost always run a considerable distance. Changing to 87 grain bullet, no pass through, changed the shots to drop where standing. A 10 year old family members first deer was a gut shot and the 87 grain at 3550fps dropped the deer. Low sectional density allows the bullet to blow and expend all of its energy. In a 30-378 using large bullets allowed a pass through of 1st deer into 2nd deer and first deer ran 200 yards. Switched to 125 grain at 4050fps and have experienced almost all no run shots from even out to 556 yards in many many shots for 40 years. Built this gun before factory chamberings available. In a 338 ultra mag, 250 grain had many pass throughs and resulted in tracking deer. Switched to 180 grain Nosler at 3750fps and no pass through and deer drop, even with less than desirable shot placement. I no longer want high ballistic coefficient because high bc usually is relative to high sectional density. When a pass through, the deer does not absorb all of the energy the bullet contains. A person very informed on this subject said that when the deer drops instantly, from high velocity impact, it has experienced a brain hemmorage (seriously) I have shot deer with a bow, and even with 1 1/2" through hole, deer runs and have to track. Lastly, not concerned about bc, or ability to cut through the wind of using a long skinny bullet as I always dial which eliminates concern of a little more drop. Also, unless more than 700 yards the extra velocity makes up for the less bc. Just what I have observed in actual events.

 

[OldElkHunter1961]

The Sweds and Finns enjoy great success using the bullets the 6.5X55 was designed around on much larger game, "moosh." Find a box of Hornady 160 gr round noses. If dead isn't good enough, the Hornady's SD will surely make two holes for you. You'll have to replace your stock trajectory card too.

 

[Otto6555]

I have taken almost a dozen deer with various bullets in a 6.5 sweede but none have left an exit hole. All shots have been sub 350 yds broadside type shots. All deer did the same thing and die, but there was little to no blood trail. I am wanting to find a bullet that will give me an entrance and exit hole on whitetail. What bullets should I consider? I have shot sst, eld-x

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